So I hope you'll participate in telling about your likes and dislikes about baby showers for you and for others.
I decided to play along so here are my answers:
1. What were baby showers like for you and your friends in the past? The ones I remember were often crowded in someone's home with a few games and some laughs while we watched the mom-to-be open presents. Now I have to admit that was not my personal experience. For my oldest, it was in the church fellowship hall with about 100 of my female parishioners. They each wrote down a piece of advice about motherhood, played a few games and of course ate cake while I opened presents. For my youngest, I was in a different church setting. One of my churches held a babyshower which were items to pamper a new mom including a dish that would be in the freezer ready to be pulled out on a day when I was worn out. My other churches had a traditional gifts for babies.
2. Did you play games? What kinds? I try to block those out of my memory. For my first, they guessed the gender because I wanted to be surprised. We also did the guess which fruit and vegetable baby food is in the jar.
3. In your job, especially if you are a pastor, do you get invited to a lot of baby showers? What do you do about them? It depends. There are some families that invite even if I don't know the mom-to-be and others who keep it to a small group.
4. Are baby showers different for our daughters (or younger friends) than they were for us? My oldest is 9 so she better not be having any baby showers yet.....but I have noticed the last several I went to were different from mine. Men have been welcomed at the last few showers I've attended. They also seem to have different types of themes: the last one I went to was a book theme. Bring your favorite book for the little boy as part of your gift. I have seen an increase in showers for second and third children. Some have been to bring meals for the mom-to-be when she needs a break from cooking. Another asked that you only contribute money that would be pulled together to help pay for someone to clean the new mom's house a few times.
5. Do you like hosting baby showers or do you avoid that responsibility? I don't mind hosting them as long as I have someone else to help. I personally don't like the silly games and don't want to have to ask others to play them.
Bonus: Any silliness about baby showers you wish to contribute.
One shower I attended announced the name of the baby boy on the cake.....but misspelled his name. Fortunately the mom had a good sense of humor and was okay with it and said "I guess this reminds me that we have to spell how to shorten his name"
3 comments:
I like some of the ideas here, like give cash for someone to come and clean the house - or better yet a gift card for that gift.
I have been surprised at how showers are no longer just clothes, diapers and wipes.
Interesting to read the perspective of the 'pregnant pastor' We were certainly blessed by the generosity of my partner's parishioners when our babies were born. They didn't cross the professional divide to host a baby shower though
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